Here's chapter ten. The Titans get their first mission on the UAC, make it to Communication and protect the Main Communications Room until Bravo Team get there to send a distress call to Earth.

Chapter Notes: Pinky's will make their first appearance in this chapter, but the first one's from the Doom movie and the game version will be at the end.

Communications and announcments: Italics

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans or Doom 3

Chapter Ten: Twisted Transmission

Administration, Videophone Conference Room: November 15, 2145, 3:33 P.M.

In the Administration area of Mars City, Counselor Elliot Swan and Jack Campbell were holding their positions at the Videophone Conference Room. Swan was at one of the camera like Videophone booths, trying frantically to get a connection to Betruger's office in Delta while Campbell was pacing back and forth, keeping watch incase some creatures comes through the door or at the hallway at the right corner.

Counselor Swan: "Do you see anything?"

Jack Campbell: "No sir, nothing yet."

Counselor Swan: "Good."

Jack Campbell: "Sir, mind telling me what's going on here? What were those things we saw at the executive offices?"

Counselor Swan: "I don't know. But whatever they were, they're attacking the installation and if this keeps up, they will find a way to get to Earth and- Well, I don't want to know what would happen next after that."

Jack Campbell: "What are we going to do?"

Counselor Swan: "Once I talk to Betruger about our dilemma, we'll head to Global Access Network to warn the facility on Earth about this and tell them not to bring in any reinforcements here. If they do that, I'm afraid Earth won't survive at all. You got that little toy in that briefcase of yours."

Jack Campbell looked down at his briefcase and smiled.

Jack Campbell: "Oh yeah, I got it and it's ready to play."

Swan waited for a response from Betruger when Betruger's face appeared on the monitor.

Dr. Betruger: "Ah… Counselor Swan, what a pleasant surprise to see you again."

Counselor Swan: "Don't give me that dramatic bull shit Betruger. You mind telling me what's going on in the UAC?"

Dr. Betruger: "What are you talking about?"

Suddenly, an announcement was heard throughout the area.

Attention, we are at a code red emergency throughout the UAC. All marine and security personnel please report to your posts immediately. All non-combat personnel please evacuate the facility.

Dr. Betruger: "Oh yeah, that. Well we seem to have a small accident over at Delta. I'm trying to fix this problem even as we speak."

Counselor Swan: "A small accident? This place has gone haywire a few hours ago. We have people killing people, monsters appearing everywhere you turn, and marines dropping like flies by the minute. This is completely crazy Betruger and all you can come up with is that it's a small accident?"

Dr. Betruger: "It's what I said to you before Swan, if I had a more appropriate staff and bigger budget, all of this could've been avoided. I did tell you that there would be consequences if things don't bond well."

Counselor Swan: "I don't think you understand Dr. Betruger."

Dr. Betruger: "No, I understand everything."

Counselor Swan: "I'm telling you now doctor, the UAC is taking over this operation."

Dr. Betruger: "Operation? Is that what you're calling it?"

Counselor Swan: "The situation is out of control!"

Dr. Betruger: "It's not out of control Swan, you are. I'll manage this, and you and your flunky will be taking control of nothing. Do you understand?"

Counselor Swan: "Yes Betruger, I think I do understand."

When Swan turned off the screen, helooked at Campbell, who was placing the metal briefcase on the desk. When he opened it, there was a green glow coming out of it. He then took out a huge gun and placed his hand into the trigger in the hole on the top. That weapon is the BFG 9000.

Jack Campbell: "O.K., Plan B"

Military Complex, Central Command: November 15, 2145, 3:35 P.M.

In Central Command of the Military Complex, the Titans are either sitting on chairs or standing there looking at Alex who was fixing up the main Communication Terminal. Now Central Command is a wide room that has file cabinets in two corners of the exit, a health station, an armory locker, a work desk at the right side of the wall, and multiple control consoles all around the place. But the one console that was at the center end of the wall is the Main Communication Terminal, which was in a total wreck right now. The left big screen was completely static, while the right screen stated that there's a failure on the multiple routers and an encryption error in the transmission sector control. Few of the screens at that terminal were still working, but the rest were in static with one saying that the system is offline and other was static in a red blood like glow. He was working underneath control screwing and connecting some loose wires and damaged chips that are causing some of the screens going static. It was fortunate that he found an emergency toolbox on a desk next to the glass armory lockers that only had breastplate armor, two kneepads and two arms pads, three clips, two cases of shells, a grenade, and one case of bullets. While he was cutting up two sets of wires and mix them to get the right connection, Robin kept on asking some questions.

Robin: "So let me get this straight. You drag us through the complex, surviving through zombies and monsters, and made it to Central Command, only to find out you don't know what are next move is?"

Alex: "Yes Robin, I told you that like almost ten minutes ago."

Robin: "I thought you said that you're going to take us to Gamma Labs."

Alex: "I was until all this shit got started. I had no idea this would happen. So until we can figure out what's going on in this place, we're holding position right here."

Robin: "And what does all this have to do with you fixing up a control console?"

Alex stopped fixing the console, stood up, and looked at the team.

Alex: "If you haven't noticed, all communication throughout the UAC is not responding at all. I'm trying to see if I can get some of it online and see if I can contact anyone that's still alive. Hopefully someone will contact us and tell us what we're up against."

Cyborg: "We already know what we're up against; all we have to do is to shoot them down as quickly as possible."

Alex looked at Cyborg and walked towards him pointing a pair of wire cutting scissors at his chin.

Alex: "We don't know if those creatures are the only ones attacking this installation. There could be monsters much stronger then the ones we saw, more powerful for our weapons, powers, or abilities to stop them."

Beast Boy: "Well you know the old saying, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall.""

Robin: "Beast Boy has a point there Alex. It doesn't matter how big strong or powerful they are, they'll all go down one-way or the other."

Alex looked at Robin with a stern glare and headed back to the console to continue establishing a connection.

Alex: "Man you guys are cocky. This must be one reason why Terra took ya down so quick."

The Titans turned their heads away when Alex said that sentence. They want to argue about it but then thought its best they keep it to themselves. There was a moment of silence except for the tinkering or wires and motherboards when Starfire started to change the subject.

Starfire: "Friends, there's something that's still bothering me as of late."

Robin: "What is it Star?"

Starfire: "When those strange creatures died, their bodies disintegrated into nothing."

Cyborg: "You have a point there Star, those things really do disappear after they die. Question is, why would they disappear?"

Beast Boy: "I think I know why."

Everyone except Alex turned their heads to Beast Boy for the answer.

Beast Boy: "O.K., I've seen this classical sci-fi movie one day. Can't remember what the name of the movie though, but it's about a group of aliens attacking Earth. Uh… Not your kind Starfire. Anyways, there was a group of resistance forces trying to stop the alien race at bay, when they kill the aliens, their bodies melted into acid, disintegrating straight into the ground and leave no trace them anywhere."

The team just starred at the changeling completely clueless with question marks dancing around them. Raven then started talking to Beast Boy.

Raven: "Beast Boy."

Beast Boy: "Yeah."

Raven: "To be honest, that is the most ridiculous, stupidous, most lamest example that ever came out of your mouth!"

Alex: "Actually, Beast Boy is telling the truth for once."

Everyone then turned their heads to Alex who was at one of the control consoles carefully putting a few missing chips onto a damaged motherboard.

Alex: "Think about it. Those monsters don't want anyone to know that they are dead. So what do they do? They hide any trace of evidence of their existence. Take Starfire's confrontation with those baby bugs at the Maintenance passage as an example. Once the bodies disintegrate, then the Marines won't know that there was a fight."

Alex finished putting the chips in and took out a mini welder to remove the scratches on the motherboard.

Starfire: "Then why wouldn't these zombies disintegrate like the creatures?"

Alex: "That's a no brainer, since they are already dead, shooting them wouldn't make the difference. The Marines will think that the zombies were casualties in this mess and would fear the worse. Either way, these things are smarter then they look. All we have to do in this case is to watch our backs and not to trust anyone."

Alex finished up the last of the scratches and looked at it with a smile.

Alex: "There, all done. Once I place this motherboard back into the terminal, we'll be online."

Alex carefully picked up the motherboard and walked to the Communication Terminal to install it.

Cyborg: "You know, it would've been faster if I helped you out on it."

Alex: "Thanks but most of this technology is a bit too advance for a hybrid like you to handle. I'm pretty sure you'll be confused with all the upgrades we did for the past 150 years."

Cyborg: "Believe me, there ain't no piece of upgraded technology that can stump good old Cyborg around here."

Alex: "We'll see about that."

Alex then bends down to the hole he was working on and carefully placed the motherboard in its proper place.

Beast Boy: "Man you are full of surprises there Alex. First you whopped butt and shot some dead beats, and now you're fixing up computers. How do you do that?"

Alex: "Well, when you have to follow in your dad's footsteps, you have to learn every thing you can to get to your goal. So most of my day is weapons practice, weightlifting, combat training, computer repair and research, communication skills, the works."

Raven: "So in short you want to be just like your father when you grow up."

Alex: "You could say that."

Alex finally clicked the motherboard in the modem then closed the casing at the bottom of the terminal.

Alex: "There, all done. Now let's see if I can get a frequency in here."

He went to the keyboard and input the code to reboot the entire system.

Starfire: "Oh, I hope we have the chance to make contact with any survivors."

When Alex pushed the enter button, the system went back online and all the screens were back to the way they were before the invasion. Even though the multiple routers are still malfunctioning and the encryption data is still doing illegal operations, the left screen went up as a VIDCOM monitor and is was blinking a red line in the middle and a woman's voice came out of the speakers, repeatedly saying, "Video Linkup Requested."

Alex: "Looks like someone's trying to contact us. Let's see who's calling."

Alex typed down a few more key sequences and pushed enter. Once it was inputted, the female voice said, "Connection Established" and the mini screen on the monitor went static, replacing it with a person's face on a live feed. To Alex's surprise, the person was none other then his father, Sergeant Kelly. Kelly, on the monitor, also had a state of shock too when he saw his son.

Sergeant Kelly: "Son? Is that really you?"

Alex: "Dad? You're still alive? I thought you were-"

Sergeant Kelly: "Dead? It will take more then an invasion to stop your pops. Still I'm quite surprised that you have survived through this ordeal for a while. I guess the Titans are taking care of you more then you're taking care of them."

Alex: "We are trying to survive through this you know."

Robin, not wanting to listen to this father/son conversation, decided to get to the main task at hand.

Robin: "Speaking of surviving Sarge, you mind telling us what the hell is going on in here?"

Sergeant Kelly: "We don't know. About a few hours ago the UAC was under attack by an unknown army to which we have negative ID on. From what I can tell, they are fierce, dangerous, and deadly. They surprised us out of nowhere and within minutes took out most of my men. I'm trying my best to make contact to the remaining units, but I think it's getting pretty scarce now."

Feeling worried, Alex started talking to his father seriously.

Alex: "Dad, where are you?"

Sergeant Kelly: "Right now, I'm in Delta. Apparently there's been some strange activity in this part of the installation and I've been investigating to see what came up. Lately, I found out who or what these creatures are. You're not going to believe this but they came out of the main teleporter in Level 4."

When Alex heard Kelly saying the main teleporter, he believes what caused it in the first place.

Alex: "Did Betruger have anything to do with all this?"

Sergeant Kelly: "It's possible, but we don't have any proof that he's responsible to cause such a mess like this. All I know so far is that these monsters are appearing just about everywhere and killing off all of my marines."

Robin: "Do you have a plan to stop this?"

Sergeant Kelly: "As a matter of fact, I already came up with one."

Once that was said, all the Titans gathered around the terminal to listen in on the Sarge's plan.

Sergeant Kelly: "As you know by now, the odds of us defeating these creatures don't look good. Our only hope is to send a distress signal to the UAC on Earth. They have an entire armada and strike teams down there and enough firepower to rip those beings to shreds. The only way to send a signal strong enough is through the satellites stationed at the Communication Center. Right now Bravo Team is on there way to Communications with the transmission card but there stuck in Alpha Labs and are having a hard time getting out. I already sent a marine to help them but he's stuck at Administration getting access to Alpha. Though the operation is going quite slowly, I'm still afraid that there could be more of them things lurking in Communications and there could be a chance that they will find out about the Main Comm Room and destroy it. And that will mean that the plan will go down the drain. If only there is some way to protect the room before they find out."

There was a moment of silence in Central Command until Robin stepped in and made the decision for Sarge.

Robin: "Sarge, Maybe we should go to the Communication Center and protect the main room. With your permission of coarse."

Sergeant Kelly: "Are you sure that's a good idea? It could be pretty dangerous."

Robin: "Don't worry about us, we Titans can handle anything."

Alex: "Yeah, anything except Terra."

Robin gave a stern look at Alex as Kelly gave it some thought.

Sergeant Kelly: "Hmmm… Sure sounds like a risky move, but it looks like I have no other choice. Permission approved."

All the Titans looked at the screen as pure delight as Kelly gave out his orders.

Sergeant Kelly: "All right Titans; here is your first mission on the UAC. I want all of you to get to Communication Center and protect the Main Comm from any intruders until Bravo Team gets there. On the way, you might encounter stronger entities around the base, but it's your duty to take them out. If anything moves, breathes, or is dead, kill it. Of course, Alex is going to be with you since he's your guardian. Not to mention that he's the only one that knows about the installation better then any of you. Son."

Alex: "Yeah dad."

Sergeant Kelly: "You already know that you must keep an eye on this team, especially with all the commotion going on here. This team almost died once, we don't want to loose them again."

Alex: "Understood dad. I won't let them get out of my sight."

Sergeant Kelly: "One more thing, do you have your PDA with you?"

Alex nodded.

Sergeant Kelly: "See that slot in front of you? Place your PDA into that slot. I'm going to update your security clearance to help you get to Communications faster."

Alex looked down at the slot in front of him as he took out his PDA and insert it into the slot. On the VIDCOM screen, Sarge was typing on his keyboard to start downloading all the information.

Sergeant Kelly: "Oh I almost forgot about something about those monsters you saw earlier. I discovered that they were from the Stasis Chamber where the scientists stored and researched these strange specimens that were captured during teleportation experiments. They gave these creatures specific names and analyzed all their strengths and weaknesses before this nightmare began. I should give you all the data so that way you'll know what you're up against."

Kelly continued pushing buttons then pressed enter. Quickly, all the information was downloaded straight into Alex's PDA. Once the download is complete, Alex removed his PDA out of the slot and placed it back in his pants pocket.

Sergeant Kelly: "Listen to me Alex; you have to be extra careful now. The monsters you faced now are nothing compared to the ones that you'll be facing deep within the installation. They are much stronger, powerful, meaner, your weapons won't stand a chance against them. And even with the Titans help the chances of you surviving are quite slim. If I were you, I should put on some armor and load up on ammo. There's an armory locker from where you are but you need a security code to unlock it. Fortunately, I have all the codes you need to get that type of access. The password is 594. Also, keep your eyes open on some strange unusual growth. Bravo Team found it about half an hour ago and had no idea where it came from. I don't know what it is but I bet it has something to do with this invasion. If you see something like that, stay away from it, cause it could be bad, very bad. Good luck on your mission team and don't get yourself killed."

Alex: "We'll be fine dad. You should be careful yourself; these creatures are a real nuisance."

Sergeant Kelly: "Thanks for the advice son, I'll remember it. This is Sergeant Kelly, signing off."

The screen suddenly went static and turned back to the UAC logo. Alex left the terminal and headed to the armory locker that had a security code attached to the wall next to it. Once he imputed the code the locker opened up and he grabbed whatever's on the shelves. He put on the armor plate, elbow pads, and kneepads, and then took out the three clips, two cases of shells, the grenade, and a case of bullets. The Titans were looking at Alex, waiting for him to lay out a plan.

Cyborg: "So what's going to happen now?"

Alex: "You heard Robin, we now have to go to Communications, when he should've known better that we were suppose to head to Gamma and take you guys back home."

Robin: "But shouldn't you tell him about us going to Gamma?"

Alex: "Dad doesn't know about where we're going and what we're going to do when we get there. If I told him about what we're doing, he would freak out. Besides, I think we're going to the right direction."

Alex took out his PDA again and went to the digital map on Central Command and drew a straight line to Communications and then to Gamma Labs.

Alex: "According to the map, once we get to the Communication Center, we'll be halfway to Gamma Labs. I guess I should thank my dad for showing us the way."

Raven: "And exactly how are we going to get to Communications?"

Alex: "That I don't know. But I heard there's a passage somewhere on the fourth floor of the Military Complex that can bring us right to the marine dormitories. If we hurry now, we'll get to Communications without any trouble. Let's move it before-"

Suddenly, everyone heard a loud banging noise coming from the level five-security door they entered once. They all looked at the steel door as the banging kept on getting louder and louder.

Robin: "More monsters?"

Alex: "Possibly. But don't worry about it, that door has titanium steel plating. Nothing can break it down."

At least that what Alex thought until whatever's on the other side rammed into the door making a big dent in the middle. It rammed the door two more times and then roared. The team was stunned to see a bunch of dents coming out of a security door.

Raven: "You were saying."

Alex: "Shut up and be prepared. Whatever's coming in, it sounds extremely pissed."

Alex grabbed his shotgun and aimed it at the door, Robin took out his Bo staff and positioned himself ready to fight, Starfire hands and eyes glowed bright green, Cyborg activated his Sonic Cannon and aimed it at the door, Raven's hands were glowing black, and Beast Boy changed into a wolf. All of them were ready for whatever was getting in. After a moment of waiting, the door broke open and it fell straight down to the floor. But what the Titans saw was quite a surprise cause bursting into the room was a behemoth of a bull like monster with no eyes and razor sharp. Even though the front half of its body was flesh, the back half was mechanical with wheels as the hind legs. Alex starred at it and reacted with the few words in his voice.

Alex: "Holy crap…"

The creature made a loud roar and charged in for the first attack, but the team dodged and jumped over the creature in many directions. They all then surrounded the monster making sure that it doesn't go anywhere. Robin then jumped up and threw a few exploding disks at it but when they hit and exploded, they didn't phase it. The creature then charged and rammed Robin in the waist, sending him flying and crashing into a control console. Raven flew in the air and levitated two file cabinets off the ground and threw them at the creature, but what it really did was made the thing aggravated when the cabinets hit it in the behind. The monster then turned around and went to ramming speed at Raven. Luckily, she formed a shield in front of her as the monster hit the black wall. Raven tried her best but the creature was pushing it further, cracking the shield a little. But Beast Boy charged in the left with his rhino form and rammed the creature to the end of the right wall with all his strength. Cyborg joined in and aimed his cannon at the being's face. But it had other ideas as it used its wheel chaired hind legs at Beast Boy, sending him straight into the Main Communication Terminal. He didn't break it, but he knocked down the toolbox scattering all the tools around the room. It then rammed Cyborg and nailed him into another wall. Starfire flew up to the ceiling and fired star bolts at the monster's back, only to make it more pissed off then before. It looked at Starfire, jumped up, and slammed her headfirst to the ceiling. She was falling to the floor with the beast opening its mouth, waiting for its dinner to come down. But seconds before that happen, Robin jumped in and grabbed Star, saving her life. The creature looked at the two and was about to go on the attack, but Alex shot it from behind with his shotgun. It turned to look at Alex and made a loud roar at him. It rushed in for the attack while Alex kept blasting. He made a few direct hits, but the monster just kept coming. Suddenly Alex's shotgun went empty and he was about to reload when the beast lunged at him and held him on the floor with its strong front legs at his armored chest. It was going to gnaw his face with its razor sharp teeth, but Alex started punching it many times with his right fist and then grabbed the beast's chin to give him some time to think of a way out. But it's not enough to get the creature off him as the thing was drooling on Alex's face. Cyborg saw it from where he was and aimed his Sonic Cannon at the bull-like monster but Robin place his hand on the cannon and lowered it.

Robin: "No Cyborg, we can't risk hurting Alex, we have to wait for the opportunity we need to take it down."

Alex needed to find a way to get this beast of a bull off him before it eats him alive. He looked up at the top left corner of his eye and spotted a wrench on the floor that was close to his grasp, so he used his left hand to reach the wrench while using his right hand to hold the creature's mouth away from him. He touched the wrench by the tips of his fingers and moved it closer to his hand. He was finally able to grab it then let go of the right hand to let the monster in for the feast. Alex quickly forces the wrench into the creature's mouth upright, making it impossible for it to close its mouth. Alex then punched its face with his left fist, only this time; it was harder then the right, knocking the beast off Alex. Alex then jumped up The Rock style and joined the Titans as the monster tries to shake the wrench out of its mouth. The team watched as the strange being closed its mouth with force, letting the wrench penetrate the top of its head and let the blood pour down it.

Alex: "Son of a bitch…"

The bull like beast growled for just a moment but charged again with a loud roar. The Titans quickly split up again just as the monster reached to were they were in the usual spot. Starfire and Raven fired star bolts and aurora blasts from their hands and made a few direct hits, but it didn't bring the monstrosity down. The creature then lunged at the Titan girls when Raven formed a bubble shield around her and Star as it deflected the beast's attack. It was going for a second strike when Cyborg blasted it with his Sonic Cannon. The creature crashed into another console, completely damaging it beyond repair. Robin jumped in and threw five birdarangs at its side, but that attack made it angrier then ever. It got out of the destroyed console and torpedoed its way straight to Robin, but the Boy Wonder jumped up and flipped over the mutant bull and flew an exploding disk at its backside. He landed feet first on the floor the same time the creature turned around to look straight at Robin. It positioned its hind wheelchair legs and then launched itself for the attack, but to it's a surprise, a green saber tooth tiger jumped behind Robin and made contact with the beast. The tiger that was Beast Boy and the creature landed on the floor, rolled onto each other, and started attacking. Beast Boy slashed his claws at the beast's face but it fought back by pouncing to the green changeling. He swifted to the left and did his own pouncing as he landed on its bulking back and then bite it on the back. The monster freaked out and jumped up and down bull style to get the green saber tooth off it. It succeeded as Beast Boy flew in the air and then, landed and crashed through the table. He changed into his human form, still knocked out for the moment, as the creature slowly made its way to the changeling with teeth ready to rip flesh off the bone. Suddenly, he got shot three times by single bullets from the left. The monster turned its head to the left and saw Alex pointing his pistol at it. The bull like beast roared and charged directly to Alex while Alex kept on firing. When the creature almost got close to him, Alex turned directly to the wall, jumped and ran on it, and then jumped over the monster with unique accuracy. As he landed right behind the beast, it turned around and wanted to go for the kill, only to be attacked by a blue beam of light and star bolts. The creature turned to the right where the assault took place and charged right in to fight back. Alex looked on as the fight continued between the Titans and this strange creature and was in deep thought.

Alex: "It's no use. No matter how hard we try, this thing keeps coming. There's got to be a way to bring it down for good."

He looked around for something that can be useful when he spotted an electric screwdriver on the floor. He picked it up and examines it carefully, then looked back at the bull like beast that was attacking the Titans in many directions. Alex looked back at the drill then realized that this bizarre creature is half mechanical. And with the thing occupied, this will be the opening he needs to put it away once and for all. He quickly ran to the fight while Raven was throwing a control console at the beast's head. It charged in after the assault as Raven formed a shield to protect herself from the monster's fury. With it caught off guard, Alex grabbed the opening he needs and jumped on the back of the beast and use the electric screwdriver to unscrew one of five screws connected to the wheelchair like structure. The creature felt it from behind and jumped it's up to lift Alex up in the air. It did that as Alex flew and landed on the floor with the electric screwdriver sitting next to him. Both Beast Boy and Cyborg saw their guardian planted then saw the screwdriver. They knew what he was doing and decided to take action. Back to Alex, he was slowly getting up shaking the dizziness of his head, but he saw the bull like beast slowly getting closer to him. He hurried to get the screwdriver next to him the same time the monster started pouncing for the kill. But it didn't get close to him as a green gorilla grabbed its face and opened its mouth wide and Cyborg grabbed hold of the bottom half. Once Alex got a hold of the screwdriver, he looked to where the creature was and saw Beast Boy and Cyborg trying their best to hold it off with all their strength.

Cyborg: "C'mon Alex, hurry up and dismount this freak show! We can't hold it for much longer!"

Alex nodded and went back up on its and started unscrewing bottom mechanical half. The two Titans hold the creature down, but it's getting harder for them because it forcefully closed it mouth that Beast Boy was holding open and its hind wheels kept spinning faster for Cyborg to keep still. Quickly and without hesitation, Alex took out four of the screws leaving one more still attached. He placed the electric screwdriver on the last screw and started loosening it off the mount. But the bull like beast was able to release itself from the front hold by shoving Beast Boy to the right side of the wall. Alex finally got the last screw off but not before the monster jumped its rear end sending both Alex and Cyborg in opposite directions. Alex landed rump first on the floor then looked at the beast that was staring a deep hole in him, even though it doesn't have a pair of eyes. It was about to make a jump for him but felt that it doesn't have the lower mass for support. It looked behind and saw its mechanical half was detached from its body, with Cyborg still holding on to it. The beast roared over and over in pure pain and shock. Alex quickly spotted his shotgun, picked it up, and loaded it with shells. He then aimed it at the center of the creature's head and fired at it, making a direct hit at the center temple. With the beast dead it disintegrated out of existence. He slowly got up and panted softly while looking at the Titans that were getting up a bit bruised.

Alex: "What I tell ya. Monsters that are stronger and powerful then others."

Robin, who was the first one to completely get up, approached where the creature turned to ash, and picked up the birdrangs that he threw earlier. Once he placed them in his utility belt, he shook his head.

Robin: "Looks like we're not even safe here."

Alex: "Looks like it. We can't stay here for too long, we have to get to Communications right away. All we have to do is to get to fourth floor of the complex immediately and find this passage at once."

Alex strapped his shotgun behind his back and took out his PDA to find a way out of here. With a few taps of the pen, he found an exit.

Alex: "Lucky for us, the elevators are a few hallways away. Let's hope they're operational. Let's go!"

Alex grabbed his machine gun from the broken table and exited Central Command with the Titans following him. They ran and flew through the hallways until they reached the Elevator Lobby that had a few benches, two soda vending machines, and a window showing the Mars surface. They then spotted the elevators at the end of the lobby, just two of them facing each other, but saw four zombies wobbling around the observation deck and two Z-Secs aiming their machine guns at them. Alex looked at them and reminded the Titans about something.

Alex: "Remember Titans; take them down no matter what."

The team nodded as they charged right in the same time the zombies made an attack. The Z-Secs fired their machine guns at the team, but Raven made a black shield to block out all the bullets. Robin then took out the birdarangs he threw once and throws them directly at the zombie's heads, leaving them for dead. The Z-Secs continued firing, unaware that a bench was levitating off its foundation and flew straight towards them. The undead guards looked behind them a second too late as the bench split them in two. They continued running to the elevators only to be stopped by an inhuman monster coming down from the ventilation ducts. But before it got a chance powering up a fireball, Alex fired his machine gun at it and disintegrating it to ash. They were just a foot away from the elevators only to see the farther end of the wall open up revealing another bull like beast with its bottom half having mechanical legs. It charged in for the kill but Alex, Cyborg, and Starfire teamed up and fired bullets, sonic blasts, and star bolts. The creature was taken down by surprise as it turned completely to ash. They finally made it to the elevators but three of the four screens were completely static, luckily the fourth screen was working well. Alex pressed the button labeled, "Call" many times to get the elevator down.

Alex: "C'mon, c'mon c'mon, C'MON! DAMN IT! I hate when elevators don't move fast!"

They then heard screams coming from the entrance to the Elevator Lobby. They turned their heads and saw shadows on the floor.

Alex: "SHIT! Starfire, Cyborg, Raven; you must hold the fort until the elevator gets here."

The three Titans nodded as they prepare themselves for a battle. Five inhuman creatures entered the lobby and started throwing fireballs when they spotted the team. Raven formed a black wall to deflect the balls of flame. She then put opening holes on the wall for Cyborg and Starfire to fire their star bolts and the sonic cannon. They were killing off the creatures but more kept coming. Just as they thought there's no way out, the elevator doors opened, giving them the way out.

Alex: "Everybody in!"

The three Titans stopped attacking and went into the elevator with the rest of the team. But before Alex can enter the elevator, he tossed an armed grenade to where the monsters were an entered the elevator seconds before the doors closed. The grenade exploded causing the creatures to fly everywhere in the lobby, burning them to ash.

Inside the elevator, Alex sighed as he looked at the Titans.

Alex: "Man, that was close."

Beast Boy: "Is it me, or are those things getting a little more aggressive then before?"

Robin: "Don't know, but apparently they want to get rid of us so badly."

Alex: "If that's the case, we have to be prepared for anything when we get to the Communication Center."

Alex approached the touch screen that that have five floors, but the one he's interested in was level 4 of the Complex reading, Marine Dormitories. He touched the floor and the elevator lift went up to the fourth floor.

Alex: "Going up…"

Finally, the end of another long chapter. On the next chapter, the Titans and Alex journey through the Marine Dormitories when they discovered some unusual growth in one of the rooms. Please Review.